Chapter 173 – Chapter 172. Mixed (3)
“Lord, I have sinned to death.”
Akemilla knelt before Leopold.
She gets down on her knees, her forehead touching the ground.
The weight of just two words, treason, was so heavy.
Even though it was not her own intention, the actions of Astein, whom she supported both physically and mentally, were ultimately her rebellion.
Astein had a good reason.
His peaceful kingdom, in fact, I don’t know if Astain is really the royal family of the Mirgal kingdom, but if he says he believes his claim straight away, his kingdom was destroyed by Einhafen, so there was a good reason.
Success is independence; failure is treason.
Treason was death, so it was unavoidable.
But Akemilla’s case was different.
Unlike Astein, who had her cause, Akemilla took a step towards Astein’s act of treason. As Eindhafen, she was the same as her snitch. Even if a knife was put on him, there was no room for excuses.
“Hmm.”
Leopold looked down at her and was lost in her thoughts.
Even if Akemilla didn’t know, she shouldn’t forgive her for this.
Since she is credited with the subjugation of Astain, even if she does not face the death penalty, and even in order to convince Kreuz, her emperor, she must extract something beneficial to Eindhafen from her. It was necessary to do.
“Still, there is a ball that Akemilla broke her altar at the end and prevented her from activating. I would like to see if you can close your eyes.”
For some reason, Emily came out to cover Akemilla.
It is also true that it was Akemilla who eventually stopped Astein, who was desperate to activate her destruction camp.
If she hadn’t broken her altar, she really doesn’t know what would have happened.
“That’s right. In a way, it’s true that the empire itself was saved from crisis thanks to Akemilla, right? Even though she was treasonous, nobody knew what she was at the time, and she was just helping her friend. It would be nice if she would be lenient this time.”
Even though she was a close friend, her Violet also came out to wrap Akhemilla.
“Majesty.”
It was Astrid.
Astrid, who has been replaced with Asti, seems to be in a good mood, and her expression brightens up quite a bit. Not surprisingly, Akemilla had visited her before and made her wild proposal.
It was her proposal that was so absurd that it was regrettable that she was not sincere in her place, so I couldn’t hide her displeasure every time I saw her, but when I saw her bowing her head like this now, she I didn’t feel bad about it.
“Hmm? Why, Astrid.”
“You are trying to make sense. It would be right to establish a justification but seek practical gain.”
Astrid couldn’t say anything more.
He gave advice to seek practical benefits, but it is difficult to know what to do.
“Uhm. Even Astrid said… “
Leopold deliberately muttered as if Akhemilla wanted to hear.
Leopold deliberately muttered that, as if he wanted to know that it was a lifeline from Astrid, not from his doctor.
“Yeah, do that. However, it is true that he took a step forward in his plan to harm the Einhafen Empire, and accordingly… I can’t help but impose a ban on the top of the U-Raid.”
At Leopold’s words, Akhemilla’s shoulders drooped.
Even if it wasn’t so, the succession of the upper rank of the Ureid upper ranks was now far away.
To the point of being invisible.
“Next, me?”
“… Is there anything you want?”
It was Veracien who showed up so proudly even though he wasn’t called.
Veracien insisted that I should receive an award because I made a contribution, but in fact, he was not wrong.
She had a lot of things she couldn’t solve without her, and in fact, thanks to her, there were not one or two things that she could solve easily.
“What do you want… Um, yes.”
Veracien rolled her purple eyes and looked up at Leopold.
An aristocrat of the Demon Realm who doesn’t even know what he’s thinking.
Leopold met her gaze.
Thinking she wouldn’t be surprised no matter what she said.
“Leopold, make a contract with me.”
“Oh my… “
Leopold raised his hand to restrain Astrid.
As soon as I said this, I thought that Astrid would get angry, but it did.
“But Your Highness, it’s okay to say such crazy things.”
“Let’s listen more, Astrid. Veracien, it’s a contract. What else do you mean by that?”
Stopping Astrid from growling, Leopold asked Veracien.
It’s never too late to get angry after hearing what you’re saying.
“I am a demon. It is a life form close to the spirit body. That’s why I can’t stay in the human world without a contractor.”
“Until now… “
The words don’t match.
“Until now, I managed to maintain my existence with my own power, but that doesn’t last long either. It will soon be the limit.”
It is this much without a contractor after the contract is broken.
At those words, Leopold felt even more uncomfortable with Berathien.
Even if she didn’t seem to know what she was thinking, she didn’t have anything on her mind.
Right now, he is cooperative and harmless in everything, but the power he gave to Astain is so overwhelming that he draws an overwhelming force to the point of destroying the continent.
How much is the body’s strength?
Besides, like Astain, who was sent to the capital during the day today—— seeing as they turn humans into puppets, the demons deserve to be wary.
She wants to sign a contract with Leopold.
A very risky contract.
“I know what you are worried about. In the eyes of humans, I must be too dangerous, right? But I don’t have any particular desire to be hostile to humans. Being called here in the first place was half forced.”
Her astein called her, and since it’s been a while since her call in the human world, she answered it as a way to relieve her boredom.
And the terms of the contract seemed interesting, so she agreed.
That was all.
‘How do you believe that? If it’s just words, who’s responsible for the rest?’
It would be best to leave it as it is and let it return to the demon realm.
“Ah, I’m not doing anything really weird. If anything, you can do it with a simple contract instead of a formal contract. Because even that is enough for me.”
Vera Shien was really trying hard to appeal how harmless she was.
However, her appeal to Leopold, who has been watching her every single action from her side, is not particularly persuasive.
“That contract, you don’t have to do it with Leopold, right?”
It was a sudden voice.
Eranya, who had been quietly listening to her words, suddenly asked Veracien, and the eyes of her audience all turned to Erania.
“It doesn’t matter. At least the people here should have no problem signing a contract with me.”
“Then make a contract with me. Because Leopold is not alone.”
Erania’s words were abrupt, but she was also interesting.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“No, because I didn’t know you would say that to me.”
“How are you? Aren’t they nice to each other? You, too, would like to remain in the human world for as long as possible, so wouldn’t it be advantageous to find a contractor with a long lifespan?”
“That’s true, though.”
“Leo, if you give me permission, I’ll sign a contract with Veracian. At least I won’t do anything that will harm Wolfgang and Kreuz, and you and Astrid.”
“… Great. You do.”
As soon as Leopold’s permission was given, Veracien clicked his tongue.
Seeing her rather disapproving expression, Leopold, looking at her, thought it was a good thing he hadn’t signed her contract.
Clearly, there must have been something more.
The contract, after all, is not something to be taken lightly.
*
“May I come in?”
– Yes! Come on in!
With the owner’s permission, Leopold opened the door and stepped inside.
In the room with her sweet scent, I could see at a glance that she was sitting at her desk with a book open, as if she had been reading a book.
“Looking at you reading a book, Astiro.”
“Yeah, that’s right. No that’s right… It’s not a wrong reasoning, so why is that? Be quiet.”
“You seem to be saying that you read books too.”
At Leopold’s words, Asti smiled bitterly and invited her to sit down.
Sitting on a chair at the tea table in the middle of her room, Leopold stared at Asti.
Asti, blushing as if sensing his gaze, raised her hand to cover her hot face.
Her face is so small that even the palm of her hand hides half of her face.
“Uh, what happened?”
“Is coming to her wife’s room on business?”
“Ah, wife… “
Asti silently repeated the word, her face became so hot that even her palm could not cover it.
The red-red blush even dyed her ears and made her feel as if steam would rise over her head at any moment.
“I came after talking with Berashien.”
Elaña, who said that it was different from Astein’s absurdity, and that as long as the contract was signed, you should be under my supervision.
Veracian is annoyed and says he doesn’t know why he signed a contract with someone like you.
Leopold, who had been talking about Asti with the two of them, calmly cleared her mind before talking about it.
Will be back tomorrow
A week to return to the capital.
When he arrived at the capital like that, Leopold had something to do first.
“Let’s go to the Imperial Library, Asti.”
